Door fastener



June 2, 193-1. A. HOSIG 1,808,227

DOOR FASTENER Filed May 13, 1929 Patented June 2, 1931 r UNITED STATESPATENT OFFICE,"

'Lpplication filed May 13, 1929; Seria1 No. 362,764.

This invention relates to new anduseful ported by the frame 1 adjacentthe door improvements in door fasteners. I opening is a semi-circularplate 3, the arou- One of the objects of my invention is the ate edge'ofwhich is disposed at :an angle provision of a novel type of doorfa'stener relative the body ofrthe plate and provides which isespecially adaptedfor use on barn an engaging rim 4. This rim-:4"extends at 55 ldoors, garages and similar places where it an' anglerelative theframed, as shown in is desirable to have a comparativelyheavy Figure 2. V r 1. type of fastener for securely retaining the i Thedoor 2 is provided with a transverse doors in a, closed position andwhich will opening, and arranged, upon the' exterior 1o securely holdthe door against movement unfaceof the door is a plate 5 having a sleeve0 til the fastener is manually actuated to re- '6 extending through theopening in the lease the door. door, and pivotally mounted; within thisAnother 'objectof my invention is the sleeve is an angular memberproviding, a provision of a door fastener so constructed locking arm 1 7and. an operating arm 8.. and arranged that a padlock or similar typeThese arms 7 and 8 extend at an angle'to 65 of lock may be quicklyand'readily applied each other and at an angle to the, pivot-r theretofor retaining the fastener and also point 9 V p f to [provide meanswhereby the fastener is The inner end of the arm'7 is reduced retainedin a locked position through the and threaded, as shown atv 10, andscrewed medium of'a pivoted stop member designed onto thezthreaded p t na l r 1 lfto engage the movable locking member of rying ahook-likeengaging member 12. The the fastener, so as to retain'the fastener in acollar 11 is preferably carri dby the handle lo k d osition.

13which is internally threaded at itsinner A further object of myinvention is the end for engagement with the threads 10-.

provision of a door fastener comprising a FI' IH th b v it Wi be pp acam shaped engaging member carried by the he l cking arm 7 not onlycarries the hookdoor frame with a pivoted locking bar carshaped engagingmember 12, but thehanried by the door for engage ent with th dle member13, whereby to manipulate the cam face member with the pivoted lockingleeklng arm 7.

' member provided with handles at each end It ll be noted that he tivPesi- '80 thereof disposed upon opposite sides ofthe ttion 0f thearm7vWith regard to ,the'pivot door whereby the fastener may be actuated 'Pt the arm SW Ilg i h e of a from either side of the door, the door how-Jeuxele, but due to the fact that the pivot ever, carrying a pivotedstop for engagep01nt'9 1s arranged above the center of the;

1 ment with the locking memberitoretain it in plate 3, the hook-likemember will, move 85 locked engagement with the cammember. way from theouter edge ofthe plate as fWith'the above'and other objects inview, tarm 7 1S swung upw y, but e r the invention consistsin the novelfeatures thearm 7 moves w w r ly, the h i of construction, thecombination and -arm m r W eng ge the angularly disposed 40 rangementofparts hereinafter more fully m Ofthe p te 3 n have a tendency setforth, pointed out in the claims and f g p fllcdtlonijluy g g he n 1'shown' in the a co anying dr in lock the arm 7 agalnst further'moveme'nt. wherein: The "arm 8 which extends" downwardly Figure 1 is alongitudinal sectional-vi w through the door 2 is'provided with ahanof'a door illustrating the application of' my 'dl'e' la whereby thearms- 7 .and 8 may be 95 s ed' to close the opening in the frame; 'Sup-'7 from the inside.

improved fastener; and, p 7 simultaneously operated,.--the handle 8' be-Figure 2 is a horizontal view; 'ingprovided for'actuating the lockingarm In the acompanying drawings, '1 indi- 7 from the outside of thedoor, while the 'cates the door frame and 2 the door adapthandle 13 isprovided for actuating the arm too When the arm 7 is swung to anunlocked position and entirely away from the plate 3, it normally restswithin a longitudinal recess formed in the inner face of the door ber 12in frictional contact'with the rim 4 which in turn. will retain the door2 in lockedposition. T r l The stop comprises a metalarm havingits'upper end bent at right angles to form an engaging part toibepositionedbeneath the arm :8, .and thezmain part of the stop is furtherprovided with a lateral extension 18' forming a finger piece which'can'be readilyf grasped fonmoving the stop beneath the 'arln'8,i'ormoving-the 'same from the arm 8. This stop member 16 is pivotallymounted at 19 bymeans of a rivet or thread which may, be engaged -''withthe plate 5 or extended through the door if desired. Secured to theplate 5'and arranged adjacent the sleeve =6 is a staple 20 which, whenthe arm 8 is moved to its locked position,"as

shown in Figure 1, can receive theshackle of a padlock or the like, saidshackle. embracing 'the arm 8 as 'well' as one side of the staple 20 inorder -to provide additional means for ilocking'the arm 8 against.movem'ent.

Itwill be apparent from the foregoing that my improved fastener canbeused either "on barn doors, garage doors or in any place wherethedevice may-be applicable In the operation of the device, it will benoted that itr may be readily actuated from'the interior orexterior ofthedoor. In other words, if the-stop member 16 is thrown to aninoperatl1e door by grasping the I a moving the arm 8 downward ly whichin turn will move, the arm. 7-v upwardly, disengaging readily unfastentive positioma party may u b H anc e mem er the hook member 12 ,from therim 4and as the arm-7 is swungltoan entirely unlocked position, it willcome to rest in the recess 15.

The (1061a may then beswung open by pulling .outwardly on the handle 14.Afterflthe party passes through thedoor, the handle member 13' may bethen grasped to move the arm 7 downwardly" again engaging the hook ;1 2with the arm 4. This will retain the door a-secured position'whilethepartyis in the building, andas the arms 7 and 8. are

not securely locked againstlmovemeng-"the party may readily disengagethe hook 12 from the rim 4 from the inside.

It will be apparent that the arms 7 and 8 may be I readily lockedagainst accidental displacement through the medium of a stop member 16,but when it is desired to securely lock the device against manipulationby unauthorized persons, a padlock is engaged with the staple 20 and thearm 8 sothat it y will beimpossible to actuate the arm 8 withoutreleasing'the p adloek'.

, The plate 3 may be secured to the side of the door or to the'frame 1in any suitable manner, but in the present instance I have illustratedlag screws 21 which pass through the plate and engage withthe door.

While I have shown and described the preferred embodiment of myinvention, it will be apparent that slight changes may, be made'in theconstruction when putting the invention into practice without departingfrom the spirit of the same or the scope of the appended claims. aIclaim: f jv V l I 1. A device of the, class described including astationary'arcuate cam plate, having an angularly disposed'engagingface, angu; 1

larlypositioned arms having their innerends pivotally mounted on amovable member and adapted to be disposed adjacent the straight edge ofthe plate, a hook' member carried by one of said arms for engaging thecam surface of, the plate, and a handle member at v the outer ends ofboth arms for engaging jand disengaging the hook member with; the camplate, v J

2. A device-of, the class described including an arcuate cam platehaving a straight edge, and an-inclined-engaging face,- pivoted armscarried byl-a movable member, one of said arms being disposedat an angleto the pivot point, a hook member carried'bysaid arm for engagement withthe cam face of the plate, a handle carriedby the outer ends of botharms whereby-to actuate said hook memberfrom either side of themovablemember, and a stop member carriedby-the movable member and adapted toengage one of said arms for retaining thehookmember in lookingengagement withthe cam'plate.

3. A lock of the class described including an'arcuate cam plate having astraightiedge and an inclined engaging face, a:supportingsleeve-carried; by a. movable member, a looking member pivotallymounted'in the sleeve 'withv its pivot pointabove the transverse centerof the. cam plate, said locking member including angular arms extendingfrom op- --positesides of the sleeve, a hook member car'ried by. one. ofsaid arms andadapted to cooperate with the engaging; face of the platefor retaining the movable" member a a-inst .r'novement, a-handle at theouter'end o ,efach' arm whereby to impart movementtozthe hook memberfor-engaging the sar'nexwith consin.

ALEXANDER HOSIG.-

